A few miles off the intersection of state Route 160 and Tecopa Road, about 10 miles south of Pahrump, lies a 3,000-acre solar farm under development. As you approach the project, bundles of metal ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. In the late 19th ...

Giant tortoises are some of the long-lived species on the planet. Here’s what biologists now understand about one of nature’s most impressive longevity experiments. Giant tortoises are redefining what ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— In a formal peer-reviewed letter published today in Global Ecology and Conservation, experts in modeling and turtle biology detailed several errors in a population viability ...

Researchers are using a button-shaped device to gather data about desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) and their habitats in the Mojave Desert in Southern California. Using iButtons, the researchers ...

An experiment to preserve the western swamp tortoise is the latest flash point in a debate over how far humans should go to protect nature as the world warms. By Yan Zhuang Photographs by Matthew ...